Category: Africa and the rest of the world

When 28-year-old Deborah Okunawo left Nigeria for the United Kingdom on a study visa last year, going with her husband made settling down easier. Nigeria’s erratic academic calendar, characterised by frequent and protracted university strikes, economic woes and rising insecurity forced Okunawo and thousands of others to “japa” — a word in the Yoruba language […]

US President Donald Trump holds a Make America Great Again rally as he campaigns at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Florida, October 12, 2020. – Former US president Donald Trump said June 8, 2023 he has been indicted in the federal probe over his handling of classified documents after leaving office. (Photo by Saul […]

Smoke from Canada’s wildfires casts a haze over the Philadelphia skyline, as seen from Camden, New Jersey on June 7, 2023. An orange-tinged smog caused by Canada’s wildfires shrouded New York on June 7, 2023, obscuring skyscrapers and causing residents to don face masks, as cities along the US East Coast issued air quality alerts. […]

A Florida woman has been arrested for fatally shooting her neighbour through a door in an allegedly racially charged confrontation over the slain woman’s children. Susan Lorincz, 58, has been taken into custody on manslaughter charges for the death of 35-year-old Ajike Owens, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Lorincz is white […]

Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with pilgrims from Concesio and Sotto il Monte in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, June 3, 2023. Credit: Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane Pope Francis went to Rome’s Gemelli hospital for a brief check-up on Tuesday and has returned to the Vatican, the Holy See’s press office said in a statement. […]

People wade through a flooded street in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, on June 4, 2023. – More than 500 people were evacuated on Sunday from the coastal province of Esmeraldas, in northern Ecuador and bordering Colombia, due to flooding caused by heavy rains, with no fatalities reported, said President Guillermo Lasso. (Photo by Luis Cheme / AFP) […]

The United States and Saudi Arabia on Sunday made a renewed push for truce talks between Sudan’s warring generals as deadly fighting has raged into its eighth week. Multiple ceasefires have been agreed and broken, and Washington slapped sanctions on the two warring generals on Thursday, blaming both sides for the “appalling” bloodshed. Envoys of […]

The accident scene At least 288 people were killed and more than 850 injured in a horrific three-train collision in India, officials said Saturday, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Images from the crash site showed smashed train compartments torn open with blood-stained holes near Balasore, in the eastern state of […]

US President Joe Biden falls during the graduation ceremony at the United States Air Force Academy, just north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, on June 1, 2023. Credit: Brendan Smialowski / AFP President Joe Biden took a face-first tumble on Thursday after tripping over an obstacle on stage at the Air Force […]

This picture released on the Sudanese Army’s Facebook page on May 30, 2023, shows army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan cheering with soldiers as he visits some of their positions in Khartoum. – Fighting flared again in Sudan on May 30 despite the latest ceasefire pledges of warring generals meant to allow desperately needed aid to […]